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Age, sex, and TNF associated differences in the gut microbiota of mice and their impact on acute TNBS colitis.

Mouse models are often used to determine the interactions between the microbiota and inflammatory processes and overcome the confounding effect of the naturally high inter-individual variation of the gut microbiota in humans. However, the microbiomes of mice are also variable and data detailing the degree to which factors like mouse sex and age contribute to mouse gut microbiota variation is limited. Our objective was to determine the impact sex and age have on the mouse gut microbiota and the severity of acute 2, 4, 6-trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid (TNBS) induced colitis. We used Illumina sequencing of 16S rRNA genes to characterize the fecal microbiota of B6.129S wild-type (WT) mice and mice lacking tumor necrosis factor (Tnf-/- ) before and after acute TNBS colitis. There were differences between the fecal microbiota of male and female WT mice as well as Tnf-/- mice, both pre-and post-colitis. Male WT mice had more severe colitis than female WT mice and Tnf-/- mice of both sexes. We also identified microbial taxa differences between 4-5 and 6-7-week old WT and Tnf-/- mice both pre-and post-colitis. Here we provide evidence that the mouse fecal microbiome is shaped, in part, by sex, age and TNF production and that these effects correlate with the degree of animals' colitis.

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